Is greater temperature change within a day associated with increased emergency admissions for schizophrenia?

Zhao, Donghui; Zhang, Xulai; Xie, Mingyu; Cheng, Jian; Zhang, Heng; Wang, Shusi; Li, Kesheng; Yang, Haitang; Wen, Liying; Wang, Xu; Su, Hong

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.045

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“…Similarly, in Toronto, Canada, an association between higher temperatures and emergency room visits associated with mental and behavioral diseases with significant trends for schizophrenia, mood, and neurotic disorders, was reported [ 15 ]. Other studies, associating ambient temperatures and warm seasons to psychiatric emergencies and hospital admissions caused by mental disorders, included studies focusing on schizophrenia [ 16 , 17 ], depression [ 18 ], dementia [ 19 , 20 ], and mania [ 21 ], as well as on Parkinson’s [ 22 ] and Alzheimer’s diseases [ 23 ] and were conducted in Italy [ 19 , 24 ], Spain [ 20 , 22 , 23 ], Taiwan [ 16 ], China [ 17 ], Vietnam [ 18 , 25 , 26 ] and Denmark [ 21 ], among others.…”

Section: Associations Between Heatwaves and Mental Disease Exacerbmentioning

confidence: 99%

Possible Biological Mechanisms Linking Mental Health and Heat—A Contemplative Review

Lõhmus

2018

IJERPH

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This review provides examples of possible biological mechanisms that could, at least partly, explain the existing epidemiological evidence of heatwave-related exacerbation of mental disease morbidity. The author reviews the complicated central processes involved in the challenge of maintaining a stable body temperature in hot environments, and the maladaptive effects of certain psychiatric medicines on thermoregulation. In addition, the author discusses some alternative mechanisms, such as interrupted functional brain connectivity and the effect of disrupted sleep, which may further increase the vulnerability of mental health patients during heatwaves.

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Section: Associations Between Heatwaves and Mental Disease Exacerbmentioning

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Possible Biological Mechanisms Linking Mental Health and Heat—A Contemplative Review

Lõhmus

2018

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“…Daily 24-h mean concentrations of SO 2 , NO 2 , CO, PM 10 and PM 2.5 , and daily maximum 8-hour mean concentrations of O 3 were calculated. Consistent with previous study [15], we chose the 50th percentile of temperature (P50, 17.8°C) as the reference in analyses.…”

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Effect of ambient temperature on outpatient admission for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in a subtropical Chinese city

Zhao¹,

Cheng²,

Ping³

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Background Current findings on the impact of weather conditions on osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are sparse and not conclusive. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between temperature change and OA/RA admission. Methods Daily OA/RA admission and meteorological data from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017 in Hefei, China, were collected. We quantified the relationship between ambient temperature and OA/RA admission using a distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM). The effect modifications by gender and age were also examined. Results Sudden temperature decrease was significantly associated with RA admission (25th percentile of temperature versus 50th percentile of temperature), with the acute and largest effect at current days lag (RR: 1.063, 95%CI: 1.010–1.118). However, no association between temperature and OA admission was observed. When conducting subgroup analyses by individual characteristics, we found that females and patients aged 41–65 years were more vulnerable to temperature decrease than males, patients aged 0–40 and ≧ 66 years, respectively. Conclusions This study suggested that sudden temperature decrease was a risk factor for increase RA admission. Females and patients aged 41–65 years were particularly vulnerable to the effect of temperature decrease.

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“…A negative correlation between manic admissions and relative humidity was observed (5,27,28). Schizophrenia While many studies of seasonal variation in psychiatric admissions focus on the affective disorders, some authors have reported seasonal variation in schizophrenia (33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38). There have been varied data about temperature and schizophrenia.…”

Section: Mood/ Bipolar and Related Disordersmentioning

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“…There have been varied data about temperature and schizophrenia. Although some studies have supported that temperature is a factor which caused admission rates of schizophrenia (32)(33)(34) but other studies have not supported it (35,37). Byrne et al (2015) have reported the summer peak in admissions for schizophrenia (38).…”

Section: Mood/ Bipolar and Related Disordersmentioning

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Climatic Changes and Psychiatric Disorders

Karataş¹,

Ocak²

2018

Van Med J

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Is greater temperature change within a day associated with increased emergency admissions for schizophrenia?

Cited by 40 publications

References 26 publications

Possible Biological Mechanisms Linking Mental Health and Heat—A Contemplative Review

Possible Biological Mechanisms Linking Mental Health and Heat—A Contemplative Review

Effect of ambient temperature on outpatient admission for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in a subtropical Chinese city

Climatic Changes and Psychiatric Disorders

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